Mötley Crüe

This probably should file under guilty pleasure material, but screw it. I love old school hair metal. It’s certainly not a secret at this point anymore, I might as well fully own up to it. While my preference tends to lean more toward the bands that wrote the giant power ballad epics of the era, certain bands that were on the dirtier, grungier side of things still hold a very special place in my heart. Mötley Crüe will forever be one of the great defining pillars of what it means to really be rock ’n’ roll, be that for better or for worse. Much as we might like to forget certain aspects of the ’80s, the hard partying ethic has yet to fade out, for which we all owe the Crüe a great deal of unsarcastic thanks. [With Poison and NY Dolls.] - Brien Overly